Happy Friday, I was listening to an interview about meetings at Google. A majority of meetings in their company are a maximum of 30 minutes; any longer and people will start leaving. I also heard of another company where the CEO holds meetings standing up to encourage focus and time efficiency. As you lead
Happy Friday. As we start 2019, if we are honest, it’s a mixture of excitement and it can be somewhat intimidating. Blank sheets are what the best authors and the most talented leaders get excited about. The thrill of the new. Org redesign: start with a blank page | McKinsey
Good morning, Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear. Every time you get in your car, this truth is spoken to you. This safety requirement is engraved on passenger side mirrors of vehicles in the USA, Canada and India. The mirror’s convexity gives you a better field of view but
Happy Friday. How did you do? Like all leaders, at the beginning of the 2018 you would have created some goals. As we end the year, we take stock of the previous year to rate ourselves against our objectives. Sometimes you don’t achieve what you hoped for, but oftentimes other, better, things
Let’s face it, it really is the most wonderful time of the year if you like to eat. My weakness is sweets. For me nothing beats a great homemade shortbread cookie. The secret to shortbread is two things: the right recipe and the best ingredients you can afford. This week I heard Jeff York,
‘Tis the season, what season you say? Well some managers would suggest it is the season of “stress” and there isn’t a lot of love, peace & joy. There can be the challenge of balancing everything we have in our personal and professional lives. We are trying to get as much accomplished at work
Welcome to Wednesday, Using the words “fear” and “workplace” in the same sentence could be alarming to some ears, especially to HR professionals like yourself. While some believe that fear is required to drive performance, it can also create a toxic work environment and be reflective of a “culture gone sour.” The main idea
“Fear is boring.” Sometimes you will hear something that stops you in your tracks. Literally.This quote, from Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat Pray Love, did that for me.I have been pondering the idea that, “fear is boring.” I get that peanut butter and jam is a great combo but, “fear is boring”? Framing fear
“Fear is boring.” Sometimes you will hear something that stops you in your tracks. Literally.This quote, from Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat Pray Love, did that for me.I have been pondering the idea that, “fear is boring.” I get that peanut butter and jam is a great combo but, “fear is boring”? Framing fear
As an HR professional, you’re probably investing a bunch of your time helping to deal with “silo mentality”, which can negatively impact productivity, employee morale and culture. It’s one thing to deal with external competition and disruptive technologies, it’s even more challenging to deal with internal competition for resources and “silos are often a result of